The
afternoon auction May 16, 2018 of Impressionist & Modern Art Day
Sale at
Christie's New York is highlighted by very good works by
Paul Klee, Gustave Loiseau, Rudolf Bauer, and Edouard Vuillard.

Lot 382 is a superb oil on canvas by Paul Klee (1879-1940) entitled
"Versprengter Reiter." It measures 20 7/8 by 16 inches and was
painted in 1929. It was once owned by Elmer Rice and Judith
Riklis and was included in the Klee exhibition at the Museum of Modern
Art in New York in 1930. It has an estimate of $500,000 to
$700,000. It sold for
$1,332,500 including the buyer's premium as do all results mentioned in
this article.

The auction total was $27,404,625 with
86 percent of the 160 offered lots selling.

Lot 355 is a superb Impressionist oil on
canvas by Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935). It could easily pass as a
fine Monet. It measures 28 3/4 by 36 3/8 inches and was painted
in 1913. It is entitled "Brume sur l'Eure, environs de
Saint-Cyr-du-Vaudreuil." It has an estimate of $80,000 to
$120,000. It sold for $225,000.

Lot 373 is a very
fine abstract composition entitled "Contrast" by Rudolf Bauer
(1889-1953). An oil on canvas, it measures 36 5/8 by 29 inches
and was painted in 1924. It was once owned by Solomon R.
Guggenheim who acquired it and about 300 other works directly from the
artist. It has an estimate of $200,000 to $300,000. It failed to sell.

Lot
349 is an excellent beach scene at Havre by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) that
is an oil on canvas that measures 25 5/8 by 32 inches and was painted
in 1906. It is property from the collection of Dr. and Mrs.
Jerome S. Coles. It is notable for having quite a strong
palette. It has an estimate of $700,000 to $900,000. It sold for $792,500.

Lot
416 is an excellent oil on board laid down on masonite by Edouard
Vuillard (1868-1940) entitled "Lili Lamy en tailleur noir et cravate
verte." It measures 28 7/8 by 27 1/2 inches and was painted in
1916. It was once owned by Larry and Wynn Aldrich of New
York. It has a modest estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. It sold for $100,000.

Lot 413, "Peupliers au printemps au bord du Vert," is a
large and very luminous oil on canvas by Henri Martin
(1860-1943). It measures 41 by 90 1/4 inches. It has an
estimate of $300,000 to $500,000. It sold for $600,500.

Lot 354 is a superb
Impressionist beach scene at sunset with fisherman by Eugene Boudin
(1824-1898). An oil on panel, it measures 6 7/8 by 9 7/8 inches
and was painted in 1862. It has an estimate of $60,000 to
$80,000. It sold for $187,500.

Lot
330 is a more conventional and fine Boudin seascape entitled "Les dunes
a Etaples." An oil on canvas, it measures 14 1/4 by 23 1/8 inches
and was painted in 1890. It has an estimate of $120,000 to
$180,000. It sold for $137,500.

Lot
311 is an impressive polychromed bronze relief by Alexander Archipenko
(1887-1964) entitled "Woman with Fan." It is numbered 3/8 and
measures 35 5/8 by 18 1/2 inches and is dated 1914. It has an
estimate of $300,000 to $500,000. It sold for $324,500.